Free Speech In Public Schools

The School District claimed the MySpace profile was disrupting school because the students were talking about the profile instead of learning.

Freedom of speech is one of our rights listed in the first amendment, but there should be a limit on what we can and cannot say. Because of the internet, there's a better chance of people getting bullied. People can hide behind a computer screen and say what the want to others without the person knowing who they are. Schools should care about this because this can put students in harm's way. I feel that school should be able to put a limit on students online speech. Three main reasons why there should be a limit on students online speech is boys and girls get bullied everyday over the internet, it causes disturbances in school, and it puts more stress of the schools because they have to deal with it according to law.

Schools should limit the right the freedom of speech to a point. The schools should not be allowed to take away all the right of freedom of speech. People can say what they want in the world but for public schools the right should be limited. They should limit the right to saying that you can say what you want unless its a word of profanity or harmful to another person.

In school, there is bullying and cyberbullying happening all the time. The problem with bullying and cyberbullying are that it can make schools a bad learning environment for the students and the teachers. I believe that many schools should limit online speech, for the sake of learning purposes. Three main reasons that schools should limit free online speech are that many people get hurt by cyberbullying, it disrupts school activities, and bullying can make a good environment a bad learning environment.

The First Amendment gives the citizens of the United States their most important rights: the right to freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and the freedom of assembly. Over time these rights have worked themselves into the everyday lives of United States citizens. However, there are still places where our First Amendment rights may be compromised. In the school system, finding a balance of respect and freedom of speech and press is as difficult as learning out to tightrope walk. One wrong step and you could be compromising the learning environment of the entire student body.

Freedom of Expression is a right that all Americans can joy on a daily basis, now imagine if it were a controlled right? That doesn’t make it a right, more so something that we can use when the government says so. In November of 1968, 4 students organized a silent protest against the US policies in Vietnam, which ended with suspension from their local schools. The issue was brought up in court, which led to split consensus. The majority opinion of the Supreme Court was that the expression of speech couldn’t be prohibited unless it was a disruption and harmed the rights of others. The dissent opinion stated that if freedom of speech was without a limit to an extent, who says it could lead to school being a platform for the exercise of free speech instead of education. The argument came to the conclusion of defining the rights and freedom of speech for children in school. I agree with the majority opinion, seeing the freedom of expression shouldn’t be controlled and such.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding free speech on college campuses. Our first amendment gives us the right of Free Speech but many groups retain the ability to censor it within their own organisation, such as in the workplace and in both public and private lower education. I believe that the ability should be extended to colleges and universities (both public and private). Students should have the right to be at school while feeling physically safe. An example of this right being violated because of someone else’s “free speech” was last spring at American University in which bananas were strung up on nooses around campus with AKA (a historically-black sorority) labeled on them the day after AU’s first black female student

Everyone in America should be guaranteed the freedom of speech granted by The Constitution. In 1988, the court ruled in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier that schools \could limit freedom of speech in school if they had “educational concerns” (Jacobs). The problem is that “educational concerns” is too vague and school districts are able to use this as a loophole to get away with removing articles that do not need to be removed. Often, the concern is based on perception and image more than anything else. Angela Riley’s article “20 years later: Teachers reflect on Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ruling” quotes Frank LoMonte, executive director of

Although the First Amendment is not that vague, schools have struggled to define what its limits are for the past 40 years. One may argue that a student’s Freedom of Speech should not be limited because of our First Amendment rights, the fact that so many schools struggle to define their limits and that they all have different limits, also, limiting a student’s Freedom of Speech brings totalitarianism to schools.

Freedom of speech is more than just words, it is posters, petitions, rallies, protests, and more. This lets opinions be shared and spread to make a difference in the world. The problem is that in schools there is a limit on the amount of freedom of speech students can have. How are students supposed to feel like they have a voice when they are being told that they can only speak of certain topics? By what means could student be educated on their rights like the First Amendment if they cannot have full access to that right at all times? Students are brought together by freedom of speech, schools should not be stopping that. It is essential that freedom of speech in schools should not be limited because it gives students a voice, it educates them on their rights, and it brings students together.

By restricting what students can say, publish on school news article, or put on a sign during a school event, the supreme court has been slowly limiting the 1st amendment rights of students. As a student myself, i believe that the supreme court has been right in their decisions, and in limiting student rights. while some people might say the court is wrong, in limiting the freedom and 1st amendment rights of students. what the court did was, allow schools to punish students for using vulgar language during school events, and stop students from posting inappropriate things in school papers. While these might limit student rights, it helps keep the school environment disciplined.

My favorite freedom from the first ademendent is the freedom of speech. This is because you have the right to stand up for what you belive in without having to worry about what the government says. The first admendemnt says that "congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech." This is basically saying congress cannot make any law modifying someones freedom of speech. In this generation freedom of speech is very imporntant because there is many things many people need to stand up for.

Student's rights about free speech and expression shouldn't be limited outside of school.It also shouldn't be limited on social media either just because that's whats on their mind.It should only limit when your're inside of school just so it can keep the peaceful environment.From the center of Public Education "student's should be required to be in a peaceful environment so it can thrive" so if we limit the freedom of speech during school is taking place then the peaceful environment should stay.This should also limit negative clothing or expressions during school but when they're outside of school these actions can take place.

I’m certain that some schools have very fair parameters regarding free speech. That being said, I’m just as certain that unreasonable administrators go too far in various situations. In a broad sense, I think free speech in schools goes just far enough. Controversy over how students can use symbolic speech stems from ignorance of the learning environment. Many of my peers argue that the dress code in school is a violation of free speech. I approach it through simple necessities. Are controversial clothes a necessity for a school to function? A reasonable person would say no. Having said that, is an environment where students efficiently learn a necessity for a school to function? I believe yes and I’d be hard pressed to find someone who disagrees. The purpose of school is to function as an establishment of learning. If something were to impede on the learning process, it is only reasonable that it be removed. My opinion on this issue has been strongly influenced by a personal experience with symbolic speech in schools. My sophomore year, I was on an intramural basketball team that was intended to reference the Wichita State Basketball team. Our team name was the Shockers and right before our first game, we were told that the name would be censored due to an offensive slang connotation of the word Shocker. I was frustrated, and decided the only way I could make an difference was to go

Should students' rights to free speech and expression be limited in schools? This question has been faught over by public and private schools for a long time. Many dont think it would be safe to let kids have full rights to speech anf expression. many also think kids would miss use this right. Others think they should be given full rights because they deserve thier first ammendment. Many schools are afraid it would take away the schools orderly envioment.